<p>If a student has a lot absences in his or her high school records, more specifically in his or her junior and senior year, does West Point or any other military academies look seriously into that? Can that be a factor, obviously not a big one, but a factor that can dismiss harms one's opportunity for admissions? </p>
<p>-kpsong87</p>
<p>You might want to be prepared to explain it. It will most likely be on your transcripts. Many colleges look at excessive absences.</p>
<p>If you are/were sick alot or have health problems then you may have trouble being qualfied medically.</p>
<p>more than sick/health, its more lazy, too busy, or studying for a hard test.. and according to my transcripts, I seems to be no indication of how many time I have been absent? So, I was wondering, if it is not on your transcript than West Point or any other colleges won't know? </p>
<p>-kpsong87</p>
<p>Your guidance counselor or any other teacher who will write you recommendations might mention it and it may reflect upon your work ethic and character, especially if you called in "sick" when you were not.</p>
<p>"its more lazy, too busy, or studying for a hard test.."</p>
<p>Too busy or lazy to go to school....? You may want to think long and hard about whether the Academy experience is what you want. Your days will almost always be filled with more than you can accomplish and taking the day off is not an option....</p>
<p>I'm wondering how it'll look for my son to miss the last two weeks of school this year in order to attend the summer seminars at a couple of the academies. Unfortunately schools get out much later here than on the East Coast evidently, and I really don't want him to miss out on the experiences of SLS. So far the high school has been very supportive and positive about the possibility. Hopefully the academies themselves won't hold it against him!</p>
<p>uh, honestly I'm not sure if they look into that, because I had so many absences throughout my high school years, it's unbelievable, and i still got in. But, best not to be absent anymore, because if you miss a class during academic year at West Point, you will face consequences.</p>
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<p>Peteyflow or any other West Point cadets, can you please explain the absent policy at West Point. What types of consequences are there?</p>
<p>marciemi: "Hopefully the academies themselves won't hold it against him!" </p>
<p>No - it is common for students to have to take time off school for SLS, and is not a problem.</p>
<p>"uh, honestly I'm not sure if they look into that, because I had so many absences throughout my high school years, it's unbelievable, and i still got in."
Peteyflow - was USMA admissions aware of your excessive absence or was this not disclosed?</p>
<p>Unexcused absences usually mean you will be walking the area for five hours.</p>
<p>Being absent from formations, classes, scheduled meetings, etc. without valid excuse can vary in punishment from counseling with your chain of command to, as chackster said, walking hours. Repeated lates/absences, however, often reveal lack of discipline or another underlying problem that will be brought to light through counseling and/or disciplinary hearings at the company level or higher. Most people don't have a serious problem with being late/absent without an excuse, so if you buckle down now and make it a habit to be on time/present for events, you shouldn't have a problem here...otherwise they'll fix ya during Beast! :D This place is big on knowing what time it is all the time and being aware of what you have coming up.</p>
<p>My son missed two weeks of his junior year with trips to both USNA NASS and USMA SLS. Missing school definitely did not hurt him with the academies; it showed both academies that he was serious about applying there, and both trips gave him invaluable insights into the differences between the two academies. We live in Washington State, so it was pretty difficult to get him to both, but definitely worthwhile. He flew home between the two trips to go to class for one day and then flew out again that night on an overnight flight to his next stop. He returned from the second session just in time for finals week. I think his grades on his finals suffered a little by being gone so long, but we all think it was worth going to both. Having those leadership experiences on his resume has helped him in other ways. He is triple q'd for both USNA and USMA and has a nomination for each. (He also has an appointment to USMMA and an NROTC scholarship to the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets. Both those schools were impressed that he did both summer sessions.) We are trying to be patient waiting for appointment(s). In short, if you get admitted to both, I would definitely go for it! By the way, you get a lot of cool USNA and USMA gear (sweats, t-shirts, jackets, etc.) when you go!</p>
<p>In the military, you will quickly learn that</p>
<p>If you are early, you are on time.
If you are on time, you are late.
If you are late, you might as well not bother showing up.</p>
<p>WA2013 - that is terrific your son was able to attend SLS and NASS.</p>
<p>To be clear however, there is a world of difference between missing school for a leadership camp or college visit and being lazy, having the 'sniffles' or staying home to study.
The former is quite acceptable while the latter - if habitual may indicate that one is not a good match for any service academy.</p>
<p>WA2013 - thanks for the input! We made my son's flight reservations for the AF SS yesterday (his first choice). He needs a doctor's signature for the WP SLS, and he has an appointment on Thursday (unfortunately his doc is a sports medicine specialist and it takes a long time to get in and they wouldn't sign off on the sheet without the doc "clearing" him), so I have everything else waiting to mail in for that one come Friday. He just applied for the Naval Academy NASS yesterday when their application window opened. If everything works out, his schedule would be:</p>
<p>USNA NASS 30 May - 4 June
USMA SLS 6 June -12 June
USAFA SS 15 June - 19 June</p>
<p>Our schools get out 9 June, so he would miss a week of school and then the 2 days of finals the second week. However, he is taking Calc 3 at the local college, which will be done by mid May, as well as 3 AP classes, which will also pretty much be done by the AP exams mid May, so the only classes he's actually missing a final in would be Language Arts, Spanish, and CAD. So far the school has been very positive about the whole prospect and very willing to work with him.</p>